Shipping or carrying box or carton



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SHIPPING OR CARRYING BOX OR CARTON Filed March 5, 195o 5 sheets-sheet 15a 4 4/ ;gj: |415 ,a7

INVENTOR April 30, 1935. L. w. REAUME 1,999,664

SHIPPING OR CARRYING BOX OR CARTON 53 INVENTOR n azz/rence lfkfeayme.

April 3o, 1935. I L, w, REAUME O 1,999,664

SHIPPING OR CARRYING. BOX OR CARTON Filed March 3, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 3INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

Lau/rence W/eavme.

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Patented Apr. 30, 1935 FICE SHIPPING on casarme Box on cAa'roN LawrenceW. Reaume, Monroe, Mich., assignor to River Raisin Paper Company, acorporation of Michigan Application March 3, 1930, Serial No. 432,748

10- Claims.

The present invention relates to boxes or cartons and particularly tothat class thereof formed from paper, composition board or strawboard,the principal object being the provision of a box or carton of this typeof a new and novel construction formed in a new and novel manner.

Another object is to provide a box of the type described includinginternal partition members integral with the sides of the box.

Another object is the provision of a box of the type described providedwith integral carrying handles.

Another object is to provide a box of the type described in which apartition member is extended to form a carrying handle.

Another object is to provide a box of the type described having carryinghandles and in which the weight of the articles enclosed within the boxare supported from the handle independently of the sides of the box.

Another object is to provide a handled box of the type described havinga partition member provided with a flange at the lower end thereofthrough which the weight of the articles within the box are transmittedthrough the partition member to the handles.

Another object is to provide a box of the type described formed in anovel manner whereby to permit the insertion of separator membersbetween the articles to be carried by the box.

Another object is to provide a new and novel method of forming a blankto provide a box of the type described.

Another object is to provide a box of the type described having carryinghandles formed integrally therewith and adapted to be pasted down duringshipment whereby substantially no additional space will be required forsuch box because of such handles.

Other objects will be apparent in the following specication referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan viewof the blank for the carton or box showing the same cut where necessaryand creased on the various lines about which the various portions are tobe bent.

Fig. 2 is a view of the blank shown in Fig. 1 in which the two mainpartition portions are shown bent up into their final relationship withrespect to the side members and their corresponding bottom portionsbeing bent perpendicular to the sides and to the partition portions.

Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the carton after the next step of operation inwhich the two side portions of the box have been bent into perpendicularrelationship with respect to the intervening end portion of the box, theremaining end portion of the box remaining in the plane of its connectedside portion, and one of the separator 5 members being shown in theoperation of being inserted in place and the other separator memberbeing shown in place.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4 after the next step of operation, inwhich the separator members are completely inserted, the near side ofthe box has been bent over into its proper relation perpendicular to theside portions, the bottom flaps have been bent up into contact with thebottom of the carton, and the top naps have been bent over from the endsof the box, the side aps being shown projecting vertically upwardly.

Fig. '1 is a bottom view of Fig. 6. 20

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 6 in which the upper ends of the sideflaps have been bent over to provide tuck-ins, as indicated in dottedlines, and these side naps ,have then been bent down over the top of thebox. 25

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the blanks folded for shipment, the method ofbending the various parts into shape during the folding operation beingshown by dotted lines.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the carton filled and with the carryinghandles pasted down for shipment.

Fig. 1l is a view similar to Fig. 10 except that the carrying ilaps havebeen released by cutting the securing tape and bent up into position to35 serve as a handle, part of the box being broken away; and Figs. 12-15show alternative features.

It is commonly recognized that considerable expense is involved in theshipment of bottled goods because of the liability of breakage during 40transit, thus making it necessary to exercise considerable caution inthe form, type and construction of the containers in which the bottlesare shipped.

Furthermore, it is commonly recognized that after such bottle goods haveonce reached their destination in the retail store, the customerexperiences considerable annoyance and risk in transporting such goodsfrom the store to his home because of the relative weight of thearticles and the difficulty of suitably supporting them. The principalobject of the present invention is to provide a new and improved type ofcarton or box for shipping such goods in transit between the place ofmanufacture and the store,

which will result in economy to both the manufacturer and the consumerby reason ot greater safety in shipment and greater ease in handling. Itis a further object of the present invention to provide a box or cartonof the type described which will permit a customer to carry the bottlesfrom the store to his home in an easy and convenient manner and withoutthe usual dangers incident to such carrying. Although the presentinvention is described in connection with the shipment and carrying o!bottled goods and has been designed particularly with this end in view,it will be obvious that it is not to be restricted solely to thecarrying of bottled goods, as it is equally adapted for the carrying ofother goods either in bottles or in any other form oi container.

'I'he various features going to make up this box or carton are shown inthe accompanying drawings. The particular box shown in the accompanyingdrawings is designed for the carrying oi' six bottles or othercontainers, it being understood that this particular container is shownmerely for the purpose of illustration and that the same features ofconstruction may be employed for a like container adapted to carry twoor more bottles or other articles.

In Fig. 1 is shown the blank previous to bending, cut where necessaryand creased along the lines about which the various portions are adaptedto be bent. This blank is formed from a square or rectangular sheet,depending upon the particular size of the box, of any suitable materialsuch as is commonly employed for making such boxes and which materialmay be of heavy paper, straw-board, composition-board or the like.

As indicated in Fig. 1, the blank is laid out to provide two sideportions 25 and 26, two end portions 21 and 28, the end portion 21separating the side portions 25 and 26, and the end portion 28 beingintegrally secured along one edge to the side portion 26. The sideportion 25 has integrally secured thereto at its upper end a top iiapportion 29 terminating at its upper edge in a tuck-in portion 30. Theside portion 26 is provided with a corresponding top flap 3| and tuck-inportion 32. Integrally secured to the lower edge of the side portion 25is a bottom flap 33 to which is integrally connected the partitionmember 34, which in turn is provided with an integral handle portion 35.The side portion 26 is provided with corresponding portions 36, 31 and36. The end portion 21 is provided at its upper edge with the integrallyconnected top ap portion 39 and at its lower edge the bottom ilapportion 40. The end portion 28 is provided with corresponding top ilapportion 4| and corresponding bottom flap portion 42. The bottom ilapportions 46 and 42 are provided to reinforce the bottom of the carton.

'I'he side portion 25 and the end portion 21 are separated by the crease43, the end portion 21 and side portion 26 by the crease 44, and theside portion 26 and the end portion 26 by the crease 45. The sideportion 25 is separated from its corresponding top flap 29 by the crease46 and the flap portion 29 from its corresponding tuck-in 30 by thecrease 41. Corresponding creases 48 and 49 are provided between the sideportion 26 and its top flap 3| and between the flap 3| and itscorresponding tuck-in portion 32. The side portion 25 is separated fromits corresponding bottom flap 33 by the crease 50, the bottom flap 33from the partition member 34 by the crease 5| and the partition member34 from its corresponding handle portion 35 by the crease 52. The sideportion 26 is separated from its corresponding bottom ilap 36, thebottom flap 36 from the correspondingpartltion member 61, and thepartition member 31 from its corresponding handle portion 36 by thecreases 53, 64 and l5 respectively. Ihe end portion 21 is separated fromits corresponding top ilap 36 by the crease 56 and from its corre'- ingtop and bottom naps 4| and 42 by the corresponding creases 56 and 59.

The top iiaps 36 for the end portion 21 are severed from connection withthe adjacent top ilaps 26 and 3| along the lines 65 and 66 respectively,and in turn are separated from each other by the slot 61 extendingperpendieularly to the crease 56. 'I'he top ilap portions 4| for the endportion 26 are separated from each other by a corresponding slot 66 andthe left hand top ilap portion 4|, as viewed in Fig. 1, from theadiacent top ilap portion 3| along the line 66. The bottom ilap portions46 and 42 oi the side portions 21 and 26 are severed from the adjacentbottom ilaps 36 and 36 and corresponding partition portions 34 and 31along the line '16. The bottom flaps 33 and 35 .of the side portions 25and 26 respectively are completely severed into three equal portions bymeans of the slot 1|, which extend a material distance into thecorresponding partition' members 34 and 31. Separating or spacingmembers 12 are severed completely from the blank as illustrated and eachoi these separating members 12 is provided with a central slot 16 asindicated.

The parts shown in Fig. 1, with the exception of the usual paperorfabric tape employed i'or holding the box together after assembly, areall the parts that are necessary in making up the completed box. It isquite clear from an inspection of Fig. 1 that substantially no waste ofmaterial occurs in making up the box from sheets of paper or othermaterial and for this reason the box is relatively economical toproduce.

After the blank and the separators 12 have been formed as indicated inFig. 1, the next step oi operation is to form the blank as shown in Fig.2 in which the bottom flap portions 33 and 36 respectively havebeen'bent about the lines 56 and 53 respectively perpendioularly to thecorresponding side members 25 and 26, and the partition members 34 and31 have been bent perpendicularly with respect to the bottom iiaps 33and 36 respectively about the corresponding creases 5| and 54 intospaced and parallel relationship with respect to the corresponding sideportions 25 and 26 respectively.

The next step of operation, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, is to bendthe side portion 25 about the crease 43 into perpendicular relationshipwith respect to the end portion 21 and to bend the side portion 26 aboutthe crease 44 into perpendicular relationship with the end portion 21 soas to bring the sides 25 and 26 into spaced and parallel rela.-tionship. The bottom flaps 33 being substantially half the width of theend portion 21 thus bring the partition members 34 and 31 intocontacting relationship on the corresponding vertical central plane ofthe box. When the blank is thus bent into this condition the slots 1| inthe bottom flap 33 and corresponding partition portion 34 are broughtinto alignment with the corresponding slots 1| in the complementarybottom flap 36 and partition member 31. 'I'he separators 12 may now beinserted if desired, they being inserted into the bottom of the box withthe slotted end upward, the opposite sides of the slot 13 embracingopposite sides of the now contacting partition members 34 and 31 abovethe top of the slots 'Il which now extend upwardly from the bottom ofthe box, and the unslotted lower portion of the separators 12 beingreceived within the corresponding slots l l, the partition members l2being Y thus disposed in perpendicular relationship with respect to thepartition members 34 and cooperating with the partition members, sidesand ends of the box to divide the interior thereof into sixcompartments, each one of which is adapted to receive a bottle or otherobject.

The next step of operation, as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, is to bendthe end portion 28 about the crease 35 so as to bridge the space betweenthe corresponding edge of the side 26 and the free edge of the side 33,in which position it may be suitably maintained by applying a suitabletape such as 33 (illustrated in Figs. 9, 10 and 11), bending up thebottom flaps 40 and 32 about the corresponding creases 5l and 53 intocontact with the bottom iiaps 33 and 36 in which position they may besecured by applying a suitable strip of tape Bl, as illustrated in Fig.'7, and bending the top naps 33 and 3l about their respective creases 55and 53 so as to overlie the top of the box, the slots tl and 33embracing opposite sides of the handle portions 35 and 33 respectively,as will be apparent.

The next step of operation is to bend the tuckins 33 and 32 inwardlyabout their corresponding creases 33 and d3 and then bending the topiiaps 33 and 3l about their corresponding creases d6 and d3 so as tooverlie the now bent over flaps 33 and 3l, and with the tuck-ins 30 and32 lnserted between the partitions 35 and 33 and the adjacent edges ofthe aps 33 and 4l, as illustrated in Fig. 8.

The box is now completed and the handle por- "ions 3ft and 3l areprojecting upwardly where they may be readily grasped by the hand forthe purpose of carrying the box. In order to facilitate grasping thehandle portions 35 and 38 they are each provided with openings 82through which the fingers may be passed. If it is desired to insertbottles or other objects into the box the flaps 23, 3l, 33 and EH may bebent back so as to expose the interior of -the box and permit theinsertion of the objects, after which they may be bent back into place.For the purpose of making it easier to open the flaps 33 and 3l,fingerholds such as 33 are preferably provided in the same.

It will be apparent with this construction that in picking up the boxthrough the handles. the weight of the contents, which necessarily restupon the flaps 33 and 33, is transmitted directly to the partitionmembers 34 and 3l of which the handles form a part and lie in the sameplane, so that the entire Weight of the contents is carried directlythrough the partition members 34 and 3l independently of the sides andends of the box. This makes a construction which is exceedingly strongfor a box of this type because when the box and its contents are beingcarried by the handle the sides of the box are entirely relieved fromstrain during such carriage. In fact it is possible to completely severthe blank along the creases 50 and 53 without materially affecting thebox in this respect, for in such case the weight of the articles in thebox still rests upon the flaps 33 and 36 which serve to directlytransmit the weight of the articles through the partition members 34 and31 to the handles as described.

When this box is employed for shipping articles between the manufacturerand the retailer, the handle portions 35 and 38 are preferably bentoutwardly and downwardly into contact with the top of the box asillustrated in Fig. 10, and maintained in such position by suitable tapesuch as 85. When the retailer sells a box of such articles to a customerall that is necessary is to clip'the tape 85, bend the handle portions35 and 38 up into contact with each other as illustrated in Fig. l1, inwhich condition the customer may easily and safely transport thearticles to his home. It will be noted that in shipment or carrying ofany type in the particular construction shown, the articles on one sideof the box will be separated from the articles on the other side of thebox by a double thickness' of material comprising the partition members34 and 31, and that each article on each side of the box will beseparated from the adjacent article by a single thickness of materialcomprising the separators l2. Likewise, the articles will be protectedat the top and bottom of the box by at least two thicknesses ofmaterial, and at the top when the handle portions are bent downwardlyfor Vshipping by three thicknesses of material. This constructiontherefore results in a carton or box 'which amply protects bottles orother goods from shock and jars incident to shipping, and may be made ofa size whereby a convenient number of articles may be handled as a unit.

In the forms shown in Figs. 12-15, in order to obviate any sealing ofeither the bottom flaps or the top flaps, side members and 26' beinginterconnected with partition members 34', 3l', (carrying handle members35', 38') by half-bottom members 33' and 36', tuck-in tabs 4U', 40" areshown as provided at the bottom of the end member 27'; and similar tabs42' and 42" are shown at the bottom of the end member 28. 'I'heseparateness of these tabs adapts them to be so inserted as to overliethe respective half-bottom members 33' and 36', and to so interlock withpartition members 34' and 31' (entering slots 33', 3l', preferablyV-shaped, between the respective pairs of tabs) as normally to hold allparts at the base of the box in their intended relationship upon theapplication of the strip 33', or equivalent stapling or the like.

In these forms, to obviate the provision of any closed-end slots in themain blank, for the reception of bottle-separating members, thementioned tabs, instead of terminating as suggested by lines 88', 83,may be provided with extensions 83', 39" and 90', 33"; or, if preferred,removable inserts 3|' may be used. In case the main members 34', 3l areprovided with openings 92', 93', in the same vertical plane withopenings 83', 83" (used to manipulate top members 29', 3I'; which areshown as carrying tuckf in flaps 32' and as overlying end-carried ilaps39', 4l') either of the described constructions will be seen to permitthe use of a band element 94', in the manner suggested in Fig. 4,-whether to prevent tampering after bottles are inserted or to carry anidentifying name, number, trade-mark, or the like, or to facilitatecarrying the box even without disturbing the tapes It will be obviousthat although seals and reinforcing strips are appropriate to single-boxshipments or to shipments to remote destinations. they may frequently beomitted-as when,

say, a half-dozen of these boxes are enclosed within a suitable case toconstitute a larger unit; and in case the cartons are to be used forspecialized purposes (such, as for example, the carrying o! lunches,dictograph cylinders, or the like) not only the dimensions but thereenforcement of the cartons will naturally be adapted thereto.

In shipping either box thus described from the box manufacturer to themanufacturer of the articles to be shipped, the blank may be suitablybent so as to require a minimum amount ot work on the part of thearticle manufacturer to place it in proper condition to receive hisarticles and such that the box will consume a minimum amount oi spacebetween the box manufacturer and the article manufacturer. Thepreferable method of doing this is illustrated in Fig. 9. in which theblank as illustrated in Fig. l is bent in the following manner. Thepartition members 34 and 3l are bent upwardly into contact with theircorresponding side members 25 and 26 about the corresponding creases 5Iand I4. With the partition members in this position the blank is thenbent about the creases I3 and 45 so as to bring the side portion 25 fiatagainst the end portion 21 and a portion of the side portion 26 and theend portion 28 flat against the endportion 26, the free edges oi.' theside 25 and the end 28 coming into abutting relationship, in whichposition they are secured together by means oi the tape 80 previouslydescribed. With the blank in this position the bending operationspreviously described may be carried out with suitable variationsnecessarily accompanying this change.

Formal changes may be made in the speciilc embodiment of the inventiondescribed without departing from the spirit and substance of the broadinvention, the scope of vwhich is commensurate with the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. In combination, a carton, an internal partition therein integrallyconnected to opposite sides of said box through bottom members, saidbottom members and said partition being slotted, and separator membersinserted into said carton through said slots positioned perpendicularlyto the plane of said partition.

2. In combination, a carton, an internal partition therein comprising apair oi members lying in back-to-back relationship, an outwardlyextending fiange integrally secured to each of said members, saidflanges being slotted perpendicularly to said members and said membersbeing slotted in line with the slots in said flanges and perpendicularlyto said flanges, and slotted separator members received in said cartonthrough said slots embracing both of said partition members. and beingembraced in turn by said partition members.

3. A carton comprising a pair of internal partition members, each havinga plurality of slots therein, a pair of bottom members integral with thepartition members, each having a plurality of openings therein co-actingwith the slots in the partition members, a pair of side members integralwith the bottom members, a pair of end members each having inwardlyextending top and bottom flaps, and a pair oi' top members coacting withthe top ilaps to form a cover for the carton.

4. A carton comprising a pair of internal partition members, each havinga plurality of slots therein, a pair of bottom members integral with thepartition members, each having a plurality of openings therein co-actingwith the slots in the partition members, a pair o! side members integralwith the bottom members, a pair o! end members, each having inwardlyextending top and bottom naps, a pair o! members co-acting with the topilaps to form a cover tor the carton, and a plurality ot insertsdisposed in the carton, through the openings in the bottom member. v

5. In combination, a carton comprising an internal partition integrallyconnected on opposite sides oi' the box to bottom members. said bottommembers and said partition being slotted, a plurality of separatormembers inserted into said carton through saidslots, a pair of endmembers having inwardly extending slotted ilaps, a portion' of each flappositioned on opposite sides o! the partition member.

6. In combination, a carton comprising a pair ot internal partitionmembers projecting through the top of said carton to form a carryinghandle, each partition member being provided with a plurality of slottedportions, a pair of bottom members having a plurality of slottedportions therein co-acting with the slotted portions ot f the partitionmembers, a pair of side members integral with the bottom members, aplurality of separator members each having a centrally disposed slottherein positioned in the carton through the slot oi the bottom members,a pair oi end members each having a slotted top nap centrally disposedover the partition members, a pair oi inwardly extending bottom naps forrigidly supporting the carton, and a pair of top portions integral withthe side members, having downwardly extending portions contacting withthe partition members to form a cover for the carton.

7. A carton comprising end walls and side walls, said side walls havingtabs at one end bent toward each other to form a bottom, and thenupwardly into the carton in close relation to form a partition betweenthe end walls, said end walls having similar tabs overlapping the bottomformed by the side wall tabs and a loose, upwardly open U shapeseparator at each side of the` partition and adapted to be disposedbetween the end walls, whereby the upwardly extending legs constitutepartition walls and the bottom of the separator a support for a bottle,and by disposing a bottle in the separator, the latter readily may bemoved to proper position by manipulating the bottle.

8. A carton comprising a pair of end and a pair of side walls, said sidewalls being bent over at their bottom edges to substantially the centerof the carton and then upwardly in back-to-back relation to form apartition between the end walls, the end walls at their bottom edgeshaving inwardly bent bottom portions overlapping the bent-over bottomportions of the side walls, and each bent over bottom portion of the endwalls terminating in a pair oi upwardly projecting portions disposedrespectively at opposite sides of the partition, such upwardlyprojecting portions on both end Walls being spaced along the partitionand in commotion with the latter dividing the carton into sixbottle-receiving spaces, centrally located back-to-back handle portionsintegral with the side walls and projecting above the carton insubstantial alignment with the partiy 9. A carton comprising end andside walls, an

internal partition extending between one pair of opposed walls andcomprising members disposed in back-to-back relation and havingoutwardly and oppositely directed anges at the bottom edge thereof forsupporting bottles or the like, said partition members having verticallyaligned slots in their lower portions and which terminate below theupper -edges of the members, and loose separator members extendingtransversely of the partition members and through the aligned slots toprovide individual bottle spaces at each side of the partition.

10. A container comprising joined side and end walls, the side wallseach having integral halfsize bottom flaps, each having an extensionforming an upstanding partition member in face to face contact with eachother and projecting above the top of the container, the projectingportions having registering hand hole conformations, each end wallhaving slotted iiaps con- 1 nected to the lower ends thereof and restingon said bottom iiaps, and the sides of the slots em- 10 bracing theupstanding partition members.

LAWRENCE W. REAUME.

